Improvement in measuring-caw for liquids



"a new and improved Machine for Drawing O and and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full,

y Oil can. i"

reservoir Vunderneath by'the pipe D, through which `and downen the wire guards f f, lextending from the 'down 'the sides, to the bottom.

' f tama gaat para ii JOSEPH s. GOLD,` or SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

'i Leners raemlvb. 90,044,11aad Mq/y 11,1869. l

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same l VBe it known that I, JOSEPH GOLD,- of Springiield, Sangamon county, State'of Illinois, haveinvented Measuring Goal-Oil and Spirits, and other Liquids;

clear, and accurate description of the constructionfand operation of the same', reference being had to the acf-` companying drawings, and `to the letters o'f referencey marked thereon. l f

Figure 1 represents the machine attached to a coal- ,Figure 2 represents a sectional view, showing the inside of the machine. i

A is a coal-oil can, with a ange elevated about a foot abovethe top of the can. v f

- B is the reservoirof the meter.

C is a common cylindrical pump, connected with the the liquid is forced, 'by the pump, into the reservoir.

This pipe D has ajfcheck-valve at, its opening in the reservoir. This reservoir also has a false bottom.

VE is a oat, constructed `so as to be buoyed up by the liquid underneath, and to slidefreely, in slots, up

cover of the reservoiuto which they are attached,V

lFis-a graduated measure, attached to the top of the 'iloat E, and consisting of a straight piece of metal,l running perpendicular from the oat E, and perforatf ing the centre of 4the cover of the reservoir, and slid ing freely vup and down through the-cover. v

Gr is 'an indicator, consisting of abone-shaped pieceV of metal, attached to the cover of the reservoir, and extending up the side of the dial,the object of which is topont out upon the dial the quantity, either in pints, quarts, or gallons, o liquid inthe reservoir;

H isa piece of wire or stii metal, running from the bottom of the float E, and extending down into the tube N, at the bottom ofthe reservoir, for the purpose of keeping the iioat steady. A

v,I is the pipe, with faucet, used to draw off the liquid from the reservoir.

The operation of this machine, when attached to .a coal-oil can with flanged sides of this description, is to enable parties to draw oil the oil from the can, and vmeasure the samewithout spilling it, orwithout soiling with the oil the person drawing it. This is accom# plished by setting the vessel to hold the oil under the faucet I, and drawing it o after it is pumped into the reservoiig'and there measured, the drippings running back again into the can, the person not having been `obligedto touch the oil or the can,

The operation of the machine as a measurer of liquids is as follows: v

It is attached to any vessel containing liquids in the manner that it is attached to the can in the drawing. The pump G forces the liquid, through the pipe D,

into the reservoir B, and, as therescrvoir fills up, the float E rises with the liquid, and with it the graduated measure F, whiclris marked,y to indicate the quantity in the reservoir. v

New,.what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

' The flanged .receptacle A, provided with perforations in its top, in combination with the pump 0, reservoir B, tubes D'D and N, oat E, guide-rods ff and H,

and graduated measure E, all constructed, arranged,

and operated in the man/ner and for the purpose set forth.

' J. S. GOLD.

' vWitnesses: I q

JAMES L. HILL, Erm-A. WILsoN. 

